allegories

noun

1. 1.The representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.
2. 2.A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
3. 3.A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.
4. 4.A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalisation of that category.